Exeter
Exeter, NE · Arts & Culture
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Inside A 1931 Art Deco Train Station, This Nebraska Museum Still Runs An Old-Fashioned Soda Fountain
A former train station waiting room with a 60-foot ceiling now shares space with a soda fountain pouring phosphates and malts. Yes, phosphates. The fizzy kind your great-grandparents ordered while waiting for a train. The building opened in 1931, back when about 10,000 passengers moved through it each day. Six...
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Viral comedy show 'Updating' coming to Omaha's Funny Bone
First Alert 6's Elaina Riley chats with the creators and hosts of the viral YouTube comedy show, 'Updating,' ahead of their stop in Omaha.
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Lincoln City Libraries Introduces New Early Childhood Literacy Program
LINCOLN–(News Release Oct. 29)–Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird and Ryan Wieber, Lincoln City Libraries (LCL) Director, today introduced a new reading initiative designed to strengthen early childhood literacy and connect families with library resources. The 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program begins November 9 and encourages families and caregivers to read 1,000 books with children before they enter kindergarten.
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Omaha’s Art Museum has a place for every Marian girl
The Joslyn houses more than 12,000 unique pieces of art, hosts performances in its grand hall, and welcomes its visitors free of charge. The Joslyn has become home to many Marian girls as they are involved in their Kent Bellows and Jambassadors program or simply visit the museum during the week.
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Coffee and Camaraderie: Community for Veterans, Military Members, & Gold Star Families
ASHLAND, Neb. — The Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum is strengthening its commitment to the military community through Coffee & Camaraderie, a free monthly gathering designed to honor service, build connections, and provide meaningful access to the museum for veterans, military members, and Gold Star families. The museum...
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This Small Nebraska Town Is Known As The Czech Capital Of America, And Its Museum Is Full Of Surprises
A real human skeleton, donated by one of the town’s early doctors, shares a roof with delicate embroidered folk dresses in one small museum. That pairing alone made me sit up and pay attention. The building holds three floors of Czech immigrant history in a Nebraska town that proudly...
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Going for Two Scores on Nostalgia, Fumbles the Drama
Going for Two is a film set in Nebraska during the Cornhuskers’ legendary 1983 football season, when they went undefeated until losing the national championship to Miami in the 1984 Orange Bowl. Instead of kicking the extra point to tie the game, Nebraska went for two and missed. The...
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Climb Upstairs, Feed Lettuce To Giraffes, And Even Pet Them At This Nebraska Zoo
A giraffe’s dark tongue can stretch about a foot and a half, and in Nebraska it might curl around a leaf of lettuce held in your own hand. That alone is enough to make me grab my car keys. The setup is wonderfully simple. You climb a set of...
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The ‘level of surprise’: Lincoln collector showcases a life’s worth of discoveries
LINCOLN, Neb. (Flatwater Free Press) - The shades are often drawn in Larry Small’s Lincoln apartment, blocking harsh sunlight from damaging the many priceless items within. Over a dozen jewel-toned Catalin radios rest on shelves above his kitchen counter, illuminated by artificial light. Paintings by Olena Mosiyevych, a Ukrainian artist and refugee, adorn his living room walls, and Art Deco pieces are scattered throughout the space.
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Daily Nebraskan
Omaha’s Orpheum to bring cult classic to life with ‘Death Becomes Her’
What’s a secret that you would die for? Audiences should plan to find out the answer when Omaha Performing Arts presents “Death Becomes Her,” the Tony Award-winning musical based on the 1992 film, at the Orpheum Theater from Thursday, Oct. 27 to Sunday, Nov. 1. The show...
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The ‘level of surprise’: Lincoln collector showcases a life’s worth of discoveries
The shades are often drawn in Larry Small’s Lincoln apartment, blocking harsh sunlight from damaging the many priceless items within. Over a dozen jewel-toned Catalin radios rest on shelves above his kitchen counter, illuminated by artificial light. Paintings by Olena Mosiyevych, a Ukrainian artist and refugee, adorn his living room walls, and Art Deco pieces are scattered throughout the space.
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Omaha Muralist Paints Biggest Work Yet to Comfort Kids Served by CASA
A muralist working with her own father is wrapping the CASA building near 24th and St. Mary's Avenue in Omaha with paintings built from children's doodles, depicting everything from sadness to joy to fear. Graphic artist and muralist Allie Rapp donated the piece, calling it the biggest mural she's ever completed.
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'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' author makes surprise visit to southeast Nebraska school
More than 100 students gathered in the Freeman High School gym Tuesday for what they thought would be a movie day. Instead, they found a presentation about how to care for library books. However, the lecture pivoted after presenters told students that books were returned in poor shape, including a...
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Lincoln radio station ’104.1 The Blaze’ fires hosts amid corporate merger
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - A couple of local radio personalities in Lincoln are speaking out after recently losing their jobs amid a company merger of their radio cluster. Jon ‘The Animal’ Terry and ‘Local Bandwidth’ host ‘Luna’ were both on the air at 104.1 The Blaze for decades. The alternative rock station is based in Lincoln and reached thousands of listeners in southeast Nebraska.
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Huskers Conclude Fall at Steelwood Collegiate
The Nebraska men’s golf team will conclude the fall portion of its 2026-27 fall season at the Steelwood College in Loxley, Ala. The two-day, 54-hole event at the par-72, 7,096-yard layout at the Steelwood Country Club gets underway with a shotgun start at 8 a.m. (CT) on Saturday, where teams will play two rounds. The teams will compete in Sunday’s final round, beginning with tee times at 8 a.m. (CT).